Peanuts: Tough Rejection Letter
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/04/27

Wow ! That was harsh.

Lynn

On 4/27/2022 4:37 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> Peanuts: Tough Rejection Letter
>    https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/04/27
>
> Wow !  That was harsh.

This one, too:

https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/04/11

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Tim Chow

In article <t4gldb$et3$1@dont-email.me>,
Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 4/27/2022 4:37 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Peanuts: Tough Rejection Letter
>>    https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/04/27
>>
>> Wow !  That was harsh.
>
>This one, too:
>
>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/04/11
>

Could still be worse!

http://columbiaclosings.com/pix/22/04/willy_n_ethel_rejection.jpg
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ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:

> In article <t4gldb$et3$1@dont-email.me>,
> Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>On 4/27/2022 4:37 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> Peanuts: Tough Rejection Letter
>>>    https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/04/27
>>>
>>> Wow !  That was harsh.
>>
>>This one, too:
>>
>>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/04/11
>>
>
> Could still be worse!
>
> http://columbiaclosings.com/pix/22/04/willy_n_ethel_rejection.jpg

I once attended a presentation by Ben Schneiderman in which he recounted
that the original paper describing Nassi-Schneiderman diagrams (a very
influential notation in computer science) was not only rejected by a
journal, but the editor advised him to collect all extant copies and
burn them.

Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> schrieb:
> In article <t4gldb$et3$1@dont-email.me>,
> Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>On 4/27/2022 4:37 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> Peanuts: Tough Rejection Letter
>>>    https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/04/27
>>>
>>> Wow !  That was harsh.
>>
>>This one, too:
>>
>>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/04/11
>>
>
> Could still be worse!
>
> http://columbiaclosings.com/pix/22/04/willy_n_ethel_rejection.jpg

Reminds me of a newpaper article I read some years ago, about different
cultures and how they phrase rejection letters.

It told the story of a Western journalist who had submitted
something to a Chinese publication. He received a letter stating
that the level of his work was so good that they could not print
it because, afterwards, they could print nothing else for fear
their readers would complain about the fall in quality.

The Westerner was livid, but apparently this kind of thing is a
standard, businesslike Chinese rejection letter.

On 4/29/2022 12:16 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
>
>> In article <t4gldb$et3$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/27/2022 4:37 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> Peanuts: Tough Rejection Letter
>>>>    https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/04/27
>>>>
>>>> Wow !  That was harsh.
>>>
>>> This one, too:
>>>
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/04/11
>>>
>>
>> Could still be worse!
>>
>> http://columbiaclosings.com/pix/22/04/willy_n_ethel_rejection.jpg
>
> I once attended a presentation by Ben Schneiderman in which he recounted
> that the original paper describing Nassi-Schneiderman diagrams (a very
> influential notation in computer science) was not only rejected by a
> journal, but the editor advised him to collect all extant copies and
> burn them.

Had he split an infinitive?

--
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- Bus Stop Guy (Darrin Bell)

On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 11:14:24 AM UTC-6, Thomas Koenig wrote:

> It told the story of a Western journalist who had submitted
> something to a Chinese publication. He received a letter stating
> that the level of his work was so good that they could not print
> it because, afterwards, they could print nothing else for fear
> their readers would complain about the fall in quality.

> The Westerner was livid, but apparently this kind of thing is a
> standard, businesslike Chinese rejection letter.

An excess of politeness (by our standards) creating offense
by being taken literally. Either that, or by being mistaken for
joking sarcasm.

John Savard

On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 10:16:43 AM UTC-6, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

> I once attended a presentation by Ben Schneiderman in which he recounted
> that the original paper describing Nassi-Schneiderman diagrams (a very
> influential notation in computer science) was not only rejected by a
> journal, but the editor advised him to collect all extant copies and
> burn them.

Obviously, his idea was ahead of its time.

Or the editor was behind the times, and the paper was ahead of the
time the editor was at, given that the language ALGOL was already
in existence back then, so "structured programming" was a thing.

John Savard